Reactive arthritis (ReA) and musculoskeletal and mucocutaneous symptom comparisons among patients with clinical salmonellosis in relation to antibiotic treatment during the infection period. Relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval.
| Symptoms | Antibiotics, n = 56 (%) | No Antibiotics, n = 92 (%) | Crude RR (95% CI) | Adjusted RR* (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reactive arthritis | 5 (9) | 10 (11) | 0.85 (0.30–2.36) | 0.43 (0.19–1.08) |
| Peripheral arthritis symptoms | 25 (45) | 56 (61) | 0.75 (0.53–1.04) | 0.65 (0.46–0.92) |
| Axial arthritis symptoms | 24 (43) | 43 (47) | 0.93 (0.64–1.35) | 0.84 (0.56–1.24) |
| Peripheral or axial arthritis symptoms | 30 (54) | 64 (70) | 0.78 (0.59–1.03) | 0.73 (0.55–0.98) |
| Joint symptoms | 33 (59) | 64 (70) | 0.86 (0.67–1.11) | 0.83 (0.64–1.08) |
| Mucous symptoms | 27 (48) | 41 (45) | 1.10 (0.77–1.57) | 0.94 (0.64–1.39) |
| Mucocutaneous symptoms | 30 (54) | 50 (54) | 1.00 (0.74–1.36) | 0.87 (0.63–1.21) |
| Any symptom | 43 (77) | 75 (82) | 0.95 (0.81–1.14) | 0.93 (0.78–1.11) |
| Enthesopathies | 2 (4) | 5 (92) | 0.68 (0.14–3.40) | 0.93 (0.17–5.07) |
| Arthralgias | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1.70 (0.11–26.84) | 1.09 (0.04–26.57) |
| ReA, enthesopathies, or arthralgias | 8 (14) | 16 (17) | 0.84 (0.39–1.86) | 0.57 (0.25–1.30) |
↵* Adjusted by age, sex, and history of rheumatic disease or arthrosis, weight loss, and duration of diarrhea.